Programme
Architecture on Film: Harun Farocki Double Bill
Thurs 30 Sept 2010 6.15pmA pair of films examining architecture from the building block to mind control from esteemed filmmaker Harun Farocki, whose work - situated in a unique space between fine art and film in practice - produces visual essays in equal parts poetry and politics.
New Architects: UK Exhibition at Oslo Architecture Triennale
25 September - 2 October 2010Adam Khan Architects, Gort Scott and Hackett Hall McKnight will exhibit work at the Oslo Architecture Triennale
The Skyroom
20 September - 31 December 2010An imaginative new rooftop venue for London, designed by David Kohn Architects and perched on top of The Architecture Foundation's Tooley St premises.
New Architects: UK Talk at Norsk Form, Oslo
Wednesday 1 September 2010, 6pmAdam Khan Architects, Gort Scott and Hackett Hall McKnight present new work to a Norwegian audience.
New Architects: Portugal_UK
Deadline for submissions: 19 September 2010Open Call: The Architecture Foundation, Ordem dos Arquitectos and British Council are developing an exchange programme for emerging practices from the UK and Portugal.
Architecture on Film: True Stories
Weds 21 July 2010 6.30pmDirected, staring and co-written by David Byrne (Talking Heads), True Stories weaves tabloid tales, musical numbers, economics and urbanism into a warm-hearted absurdist portrait of a small fictional Texan town and its inhabitants. ‘A completely cool, multi-purpose movie.’
Terunobu Fujimori and Richard Wentworth: The Urban Subconscious
Fri 16 July 2010 7pmA discussion between the celebrated Japanese architect and the British artist, of ephemeral traces of city life, discovering the ‘urban subconscious,’ and vernacular architecture. SOLD OUT.
Stratford Kiosks
Deadline: 3 September 2010The Architecture Foundation is pleased to announce the launch of an open international competition to design a permanent yet flexible, free standing group of kiosks in Meridian Square, Stratford, London, for use before, during and after the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
International Collection of Potential Architecture
Deadline for submissions extended to 15 September 2010The Architecture Foundation is collaborating with Oslo-based art and architecture organisation 0047 on a call for submissions to 0047's International Collection of Potential Architecture: an online database of speculative futures and architectural designs which remain unrealised and for a variety of reasons have never seen the light of day.
istanbul para-doxa / Conversations on the City and Architecture
Saturday 3 July, 6-8pmThe launch of istanbul para-doxa / Conversations on the City and Architecture, a book based on conversations between Bogaçhan Dündaralp, Asli Kiyak Ingin and Nilüfer Kozikoglu, edited by Pelin Dervis.
LFA 2010 South Weekend: Bankside Urban Forest
Fri 2 - Sun 4 July 2010A theatre built from salvaged materials, a food exchange at Borough Market, an urban orchard and hub of activity, the AF's summer installation and more, in a programme responding to Witherford Watson Mann's strategy for improving public space in this slice of the city.
Rintala Eggertsson Architects: Installation as Laboratory
Tues 29 June 2010 6.30pmA workshop-style evening of ideas, inspiration, and discussion with Finnish-Norwegian architects Rintala Eggertsson.
New Architects UK Talk at Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw
Monday 28 June 2010, 6pmCommon Office, dallaspierce+quintero and office for subversive architecture
LFA 2010 East Weekend: High Street 2012
Sat 26 - Sun 27 June 2010An Olympics of the everyday, tours, skills exchanges, a temporary museum and more, along the City's historic gateway and the last 6km of the London 2012 Olympic Marathon.
The (Temporary) Museum of Stratford
26 June - 1 August 2010Explore the temporary museum created to explore the future of the Stratford area through an excavation of its past.
Friday Late at the V&A: Escape
Fri 25 June 2010 6.30-10pmA night of workshops, music, special screenings. intimate talks, and a late bar.
Rural Studio and Jeremy Till: Architecture and Locality
Tues 22 June 2010 7pmAndrew Freear, Director of Rural Studio, and Jeremy Till, Dean of Westminster School of Architecture, discuss architecture’s social responsibilities and the gap between theory and the real world.
Moss Your City: An installation by PUSHAK
19 June - 12 August 2010A new installation at The Architecture Foundation by Oslo-based architects PUSHAK for the London Festival of Architecture 2010.
The Oikos Project
19 June - 9 October 2010A theatre constructed entirely of reclaimed materials in the heart of Southwark created by Kobberling & Kaltwasser.
The Union Street Urban Orchard
19 June - 19 September 2010The site at 100 Union Street, London SE1 has been transformed into a vibrant Urban Orchard. Come visit!
LFA 2010: International Architecture Showcase
19 June - 4 July 2010Over 30 countries from around the world showcase the work of emerging young talent from their respective countries as part of the London Festival of Architecture.
LFA 2010: International Architecture Student Festival
19 June - 4 July 2010Universities from around the world create site specific installations as sign posts and urban interventions for the London Festival of Architecture.
London Festival of Architecture 2010
19 June - 4 July 2010The Architecture Foundation is delivering the 2010 Festival, a city-wide celebration of architecture in the capital, in partnership with NLA and RIBA London.
A New Landmark for Aldgate: Exhibition
18 June - 4 JulyAn exhibition showcasing a selection of the entries for a competition to design a new landmark for Aldgate.
Battersea Urban Pioneers
June - September 2010As part of The Architecture Foundation's Summer 2010 education programme, eight young people are collaborating with creative professionals to explore the Upper Lee Valley.
Upper Lee Valley Urban Pioneers
June - September 2010As part of The Architecture Foundation’s Summer 2010 programme, ten young people will collaborate with creative professionals to explore the Upper Lee Valley
Architecture on Film: Chain / Death By Chocolate
Mon 24 May 2010 8.30pmCorporate arcadias, a mosaic of global urban sprawl, the ‘superlandscape’ of anonymity, and the greatest show on earth in Jem Cohen's Chain, and artist Dan Graham's short film Death By Chocolate - which we are delighted to be bringing to the UK for the first time.
Poland_UK: wwaa and office for subversive architecture
Tuesday 18 May, 7pmChaired by Nigel Coates, Head of Architecture Department, Royal College of Art
Aleksandra Wasilkowska and Common Office
Tuesday 4 May, 7pmChaired by architecture critic and curator Grzegorz Piatek
Beton and Dallas Pierce Quintero
Tuesday 27 April, 7pmChaired by Marcus Fairs, Editor-in-chief, dezeen
A New Landmark for Aldgate
The Architecture Foundation has launched an open international competition to design a New Aldgate, a temporary landmark on the eastern edge of the City of London, to stand for the duration of the 2012 London Olympic and Paralympic Games, to open in January 2012.
New Architects: Poland_UK
The Architecture Foundation with Grzegorz Piatek and the Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw, are launching an international exchange programme for emerging architects in Poland and the UK. Featuring Beton, Aleksandra Wasilkowska and WWAA (Poland) and Common Office, Dallas Pierce Quintero and office for subversive architecture (UK).
Architecture for Everyone Urban Pioneers
April 2010In April 2010, The Architecture Foundation worked in partnership with the Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust to deliver a condensed Urban Pioneers programme in Deptford, south east London.
Architecture on Film
Mon 29 Mar 2010 6.15pmMagical cinema that takes a keen look at the transformation and inhabitation of Barcelona's El Raval district, as both a window onto wider realities and as a bridge between the past and the future. A document of a city, ‘searching for its future while jostling its past.'
Legacy Plus: International Dialogue Two
atelier d'architecture autogérée, Urban Catalyst and mufWeds 3 March 2010, 7pm
The internationally dispersed atelier d'architecture autogérée (aaa) and Berlin's Urban Catalyst present their work and discuss how its methods could be applied to the future of the Olympic Site, in dialogue with muf, the London-based architecture and art practice with active projects in the Olympic Fringe.
Legacy Plus: International Dialogue One
EXYZT, STEALTH.unlimited, EastTues 2 March 2010, 7pm
Paris' EXYZT and Rotterdam's STEALTH.unlimited present their work and discuss how its methods could be applied to the future of the Olympic Site, in dialogue with East, the london-based architecture practice with active projects on the Olympic Fringe.
Legacy Now 5 + Legacy Plus
Interim Uses and East London’s Olympic Legacy2 - 4 March 2010
A programme of public dialogues, professional workshops and site visits, examining how this interim period, before and after the games, might be used as a progressive and experimental planning tool to constructively inform the character of the permanent legacy, and the future of East London.
Legacy Plus: Legacy Now 5
Interim Uses and East London’s Olympic LegacyTues 2 March 2010, 2-6pm
An afternoon of dialogues and presentations exploring the issues at stake, and problems to be tackled, in the development of the Olympic site and fringe leading up to and immediately following the Games. What progressive alternatives might be possible? And how can these contribute to the positive future development of East London?
IaN+ in Conversation with Witherford Watson Mann Architects
23 February 2010, 7pmRome based IaN+ in conversation with London practice Witherford Watson Mann Architects
Chaired by Pippo Ciorra
Koolhaas HouseLife
Monday 22 February 2010, 6.30pm(Doors open 6.00pm)
A reprise screening to celebrate the final week of the Living Architectures exhibition.
A limited number of extra tickets have now been released. Advance booking recommended.
Andrea Stipa in Conversation with Carmody Groarke
16 February 2010, 7pmRome based Andrea Stipa in conversation with London practice Carmody Groarke
Chaired by Ellis Woodman, Buildings Editor, Building Design Magazine
London_Rome: Work in Process
IaN + "Architecture in Rome - Work in Process"10 February - 3 March 2010
Ma0 in Conversation with AOC
9 February 2010, 7pmRome based MaO in conversation with London practice AOC
Chaired by Nigel Coates, RCA
London_Istanbul
New Architects: IstanbulWeds 3 Feb 2010, 6.30pm (doors open 6pm)
The Architecture Foundation is hosting a talk by three Istanbul practices, Asli E. Ingin, ddrlp and Tuspa NK, in conversation with David Kohn Architects, Studio Weave and oo:/. Chaired by Justin McGuirk, Icon Magazine.
Architecture on Film
Public HousingThurs 28 Jan 2010 6.30pm
A masterful film about the distance between problems and solutions,
structures and people – and therein perhaps the true core essence of
architecture itself. A rare opportunity to see the work of this modern
master on the big screen.
Living Architectures
Tuesday - Saturday,21 January - 26 February
A new transatlantic exhibition and video installation from the celebrated directors of Koolhaas HouseLife: Ila Bêka and Louise Lemoine present their ongoing research into architecture as living form.
New Architects: Norway
Tues 12 Jan 2010 6.30pmPresentations by three of Norway's most exciting emerging practices: AtelierOslo, Haugen/Zohar and PUSHAK.
New Architects: Norway_UK
The Architecture Foundation with Norsk Form are collaborating on an international exchange programme for emerging architects in Norway and the UK. Featuring Atelier Oslo, PUSHAK and Haugen Zohar (Norway) and Adam Khan, Gort Scott and Hackett Hall McKnight (UK).
European Prize for Urban Public Space
The Architecture Foundation is the UK partner for the European-wide prize.
Kings Cross Urban Pioneers
December 2009 - March 2010The Architecture Foundation’s winter 2009 - spring 2010 education programme worked with six young people living or studying in Camden and Islington to explore the development of Kings Cross Central.
King's Cross Urban Pioneers
December 2009 - March 2010The Architecture Foundation’s winter 2009 - spring 2010 education programme worked with six young people living or studying in Camden and Islington to explore the development of King's Cross Central.
Urban Pioneers
The AF's education programme engages and empowers teams of 16-19 year olds in areas of London undergoing dramatic change. Young people critically explore the transformations happening around them and develop new skills in film making, radio production and website design.
The John Edwards Lecture: Thom Mayne, Morphosis, in dialogue with Frédéric Flamand
Monday 7 December, 7.00pmIn a new annual dialogue presenting leading international architects in conversation with influential figures from other disciplines, we are delighted to present Pritzker Prize winning architect Thom Mayne, founder of LA based Morphosis Architects, in discussion with renowned choreographer and Director of Le Ballet National de Marseille, Frédéric Flamand. Chaired by Anthony Bowne, Director, Laban.
Christmas at Number 42
3 - 20 DecemberTuesday to Sunday, 7.30pm
The Architecture Foundation and the Pale Blue Door invite you to spend Christmas at Number 42.
Agency and Activism: The Yale Building Project
Tuesday 24 November, 6.30pmThe inception and legacy of Yale University's ongoing pioneering design and build programme for those at the social margins, as told by architect and architectural historian, Richard W. Hayes.
Architecture on Film
London / Driftwood + Patrick Keiller Q&ATuesday 17 November, 6.30pm
Two exceptional psycho-geographical wanderings through the changing face of London at the end of the 20th century.
London_Rome: Work in Process
Witherford Watson MannLondon Edges
16 November - 4 December 2009
The final exhibition by emerging London practices at the British School at Rome presents Witherford Watson Mann's responses to edge conditions found in the city.
Photography as Alternative Urbanism
Tuesday 10 November, 6.30pmA debate exploring the relevance of contemporary photography for the investigation and interpretation of the city as a complex cultural phenomenon, chaired by Alexandra Stara with artist Rut Blees Luxemburg, novelist Tom McCarthy and architect Patrick Lynch.
This event is now SOLD OUT
Adam Caruso and Thomas Demand
2 November 2009, 7.00pmAdam Caruso and Thomas Demand discuss their history of reciprocal collaboration, and their current joint project for Zurich, with Director of Nottingham Contemporary, Alex Farquharson.
London_Istanbul
Istanbul Programme2-5 November 2009
The programme includes a public presentation by the London architects at Istanbul Technical University on Monday 2 November.
The Bilbao Effect
Sunday 1 November, 7pmThe Bilbao Effect - a comedy that puts contemporary architecture on trial has its first public reading at the Architecture Foundation in November 2009.
2009 Shenzhen & Hong Kong Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism Architecture
Wednesday 28 and Thursday 29 October 2009, 6.30pmTwo consecutive evening events to preview the biennale with Theo Deutinger, International Festival, Bjarke Ingels / BIG, Didier Fiuza Faustino / Bureau des Mésarchitectures, Abberant and Feld72.
Architecture + Art : Crossover and Collaboration
Edi Rama and Anri Sala19 October 2009, 7.00pm
World leading mayor, Edi Rama, and artist Anri Sala discuss artistic urbanism, the city as canvas and exhibition, and public art in its most direct form. A conversation chaired by Tate Curator Jessica Morgan, centred on Tirana's Façades Project.
Sundown Salon: Talking About The Future
Saturday 17 October, 2-8pmA day of activities with architect Fritz Haeg and guests to compile a Library For The Future. The event marks the release of The Sundown Salon Unfolding Archive.
YAYA Shortlist Presentations
Tuesday 13 October, 6.30pmPresentations by the five practices shortlisted for the Young Architect of the Year Award 2009.
This event is now SOLD OUT. A limited number of returns may be available on the door.
Radical Nature: Contemporary Visions
With and Against Nature: Exploration Architecture and Hugh Broughton8 October 2009, 7.30pm
Visionary designs for inhabiting the Antarctic and the Sahara.
Radical Nature: Contemporary Visions
Economy of Means: James Wines/SITE5 October 2009, 6.30pm
Frugality as inspiration, with president and founder of influential New York architecture, art and design practice, SITE; James Wines.
Young Architect of the Year Award 2009
1 - 26 October 2009The Architecture Foundation will host an exhibition of shortlisted architects at the AF's new project space (designed by YAYA 2007 winners, Carmody Groarke) in October 2009.
Architecture on Film
In The Pit (En El Hoyo)28 September 2009 6.30pm
The private life of urban infrastructure envisioned through a uniquely personal take on direct cinema, in an award winning documentary on the construction of Mexico City's Periferico Freeway. Introduced by Gareth Jones, L.S.E.
Radical Nature: Contemporary Visions
Superuse: 2012Architecten20 August 2009, 7.30pm
2012's architecture of re-use, research and adaptation, presented by Jan Jongert of the Rotterdam based practice.
Futureproofing the City
ZEDfactory; Foster + Partners; R/E/D23 July 2009, 7.30pm
A panel discussion on the ecological challenge facing urban settlements around the world. The first in a series of three conversations exploring architectural responses to living in and with a future world. In association with the Barbican exhibition; Radical Nature: Art and Architecture for a Changing Planet.
Architecture on Film
Buckminster Fuller Meets the Hippies / Counter Communities14 July 2009 7.00pm
Spaceship Earth and the Designer Guru: Two films documenting architectural alternatives, and a countercultural response to visionary architect Buckminster Fuller.
Urban Pioneers
Between The BridgesSummer 2009's Urban Pioneers project looked at the architecture along the south bank of the Thames between Blackfriars and Tower bridges. Pioneers took part in illustration, engineering, radio production, planting, mapping, filmmaking and urban design workshops, and documented the project via the blog on their new website.
Architecture + Art : Crossover and Collaboration
Elmgreen & Dragset and Jamie Fobert22 June 2009, 7.00pm
Elmgreen & Dragset and Jamie Fobert explore luxury retail; homes for collectors; nightclubs; the white cube and more; in an event chaired by Alice Rawsthorn, Design Critic, International Herald Tribune.
Architecture + Art : Crossover and Collaboration
Teddy Cruz and Pedro Reyes15 June 2009, 7.00pm
Architect Cruz and artist Reyes investigate design solutions for complex urban situations. They explore this sharing of disciplinary strategies with Sarah Ichioka, Director of The Architecture Foundation.
Architecture + Art : Crossover and Collaboration
Steven Holl and Vito Acconci11 June 2009, 7.00pm
The first ever public conversation between Steven Holl and Vito Acconci on their seminal collaboration for Storefront's façade. Chaired by Joseph Grima, Director, Storefront for Art and Architecture.
Architecture on Film
Wonderland / Streamside Day18 May 2009 7.00pm
Suburban Dreams: An evening dedicated to the American suburb. Introduced by Geoff Shearcroft, AOC Architecture.
AND NOW WHAT? Rethinking Spatial Practice
20-22 April 2009The Architecture Foundation has organized three high-level discussions that seek to share and evaluate propositions for spatial practice in a radically changing context. Proceedings were recorded and are available to watch on the AF website.
Architecture for Everyone
Architecture for EveryoneThe AF helped to recruit and co-hosted an educational intern with Architecture for Everyone, a £1 million initiative from the Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust and architects RMJM.
Architecture on Film
Colossal Youth30 March 2009 7.00pm
A mesmeric feature film documenting the last days of an informal neighbourhood before its transfer to a planned development. Introduced by Jonathan Romney, Sight and Sound.
London_Rome: Work in Process
Andrea StipaInside Out
19 March - 8 June 2009
The conference and the exhibition of Andrea Stipa is the fourth event in the "London-Rome: Work in Process."
How Places Work
The Architecture Foundation works with schools across London to encourage young people to become more skilled in understanding architecture as well as raising the aspirations young people have for their environment.
Architecture on Film
Los Angeles Plays Itself21 January 2009 7.00pm
An essential documetary on the world's greatest urban film lot. Introduced by Kodwo Eshun, writer, theorist and artist.
Art Fund Pavilion
The winner of the Art Fund Pavilion 2009 is New York-based Tina Manis Associates.
European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture: Mies van der Rohe Award 2009
The Architecture Foundation is on the Advisory Committee of the bi-annual Prize.
Real Architecture
William Baker, SOM, presents Burj Dubai3 December 2008
Chaired by Paul Finch, The Architectural Review
Amelia Street
The Architecture Foundation is pleased to announce that dallaspierce+quintero have been selected as the winner of the Amelia Street Public Realm Design Competition.
Real Architecture
Kjetil Thorsen and Tarald Lundevall, Snøhetta, present Oslo Opera House27 November 2008
Chaired by Mark Rappolt, ArtReview
Architecture on Film
Code 46 + Michael Winterbottom Q&A24 November 2008 7.00pm
Depicting the future through a collage of the present. Followed by a Q+A with the director, production designer and Geoff Manaugh of BLDGBLOG; available to watch online in full.
Real Architecture
Reinier de Graaf, OMA, presents City in the Desert20 November 2008
Chaired by Shumon Basar, Writer/Curator, AA
Real Architecture
Paul Monaghan, AHMM, presents Westminster Academy13 November 2008
Chaired by Sarah Ichioka, Director, The Architecture Foundation
Real Architecture
Autumn 2008Autumn's showcase of the most important buildings being created across the world today: AHMM's Westminster Academy, OMA's City in the Desert, Snøhetta's Oslo Opera House, and SOM's Burj Dubai.
Video recordings of all events are available to watch online and in full.
Back to the City
Joseph Rykwert, Ken Livingstone, Nigel Coates, Denise Scott Brown22 October 2008
Joseph Rykwert, Ken Livingstone, Nigel Coates and Denise Scott Brown
Chaired by Joe Kerr, Royal College of Art
Texture
Zaha Hadid, Tony Fretton, Mark Cousins, Patrick Hodgkinson1 October 2008
Zaha Hadid, Tony Fretton, Mark Cousins and Patrick Hodgkinson
Chaired by Joe Kerr, Royal College of Art
Architecture and Design in the Bacon Era
1-22 October 2008On the eve of Bacon's centenary and with his major retrospective in full swing, The Architecture Foundation, in collaboration with Tate Britain, presents two discussions on the changes to the built environment and the challenges to Modernity than ran parallel to the artist's work and lifetime.
Architecture on Film
Koolhaas HouseLife / Gan Eden24 September 2008 6.30pm
Two UK premieres and two distinctive looks at the inner lives and afterlives or radical contemporary architecture. Followed by a Q+A with all filmmakers, chaired by Sam Jacob (FAT)
Urban Pioneers
Bankside Urban PioneersThe Architecture Foundation’s Autumn 2008 - Spring 2009 Urban Pioneers programme took place in Bankside, London.
Dow Jones Architects
27 August 2008, 7pmChaired by Peter Jenkinson OBE, Independent Cultural Broker
Summer Nights 2008
Presentations by four new London architects: Matthew Springett, Agnieska Gowacka, Voon Wong, Dow Jones.
Urban Street Hunt
12 July 2008A photographic treasure hunt encouraging the public to discover hidden spaces.
Friday Late on the South Bank
11 July 2008A programme of events and activities in cultural institutions and public spaces along the South Bank to celebrate the London Festival of Architecture 2008.
The House that Herman Built
9-20 July 2008What kind of house does a man who has lived in a 6' x 9' cell for over 30 years dream of?
Scott King
9 July 2008 - 31 March 2009An installation by artist Scott King on the temporary construction hoardings on Hopton Street, SE1.
London South Central
8 - 20 July 2008An exhibition showcasing the future of architecture and urban design in central London, south of the river.
Closet Gallery
9 July - 13 September 2008Equal parts sculpture and gallery, The Architecture Foundation's temporary Closet Gallery by artist Simon Fujiwara and architect Sam Causer hosted a series of exhibitions and events over summer 2008.
Southwark Lido
9 - 13 July 2008A temporary installation by French architecture collective EXYZT provided a meeting and bathing space for the residents of Southwark, and the general public alike. Following in the tradition of Roman baths, which provided a setting for uninhibited political discussions, and hamams, serving as places of social gathering and ritual cleansing, the Southwark Lido hosted a variety of activities in an unusual and entertaining environment.
London_Rome: Work in Process
Ma0/emmeazeroBorderlines
26 June - 15 July 2008
Ma0 present Borderlines at the British School at Rome.
The London Festival of Architecture 2008: Southwark and South Bank Hub
The London Festival of Architecture 2008’s Southwark & South Bank Hub was curated by The Architecture Foundation to include a stellar programme focused around the week of 9-13 July, including French architecture collective EXYZT's temporary Southwark Lido.
Hairywood in Covent Garden
20 June - 20 July 20086a Architects and Eley Kishimoto's award-winning installation, originally built for the launch of the AF's Yard Gallery in 2005, was reconstructed in Covent Garden piazza for LFA2008.
Robin Hood Gardens
An international ideas competition for Robin Hood Gardens, the housing development by Allison and Peter Smithson
MCC Lords Redevelopment
The AF acted as advisers to the Marylebone Cricket Club's redevelopment of the Lord's Cricket Ground in north-west London
Farshid Moussavi, Foreign Office Architects, presents John Lewis Department Store and Cineplex, Leicester
29 April 2008Chaired by Brett Steele, Architectural Association
Stephen Bates, Sergison Bates Architects, presents Centre for the Applied Arts, Ruthin Wales
22 April 2008Chaired by Tom Dyckhoff, Architecture Critic, The Times
Renzo Piano, RPBW, presents New York Times Building, New York
15 April 2008Chaired by Jonathan Glancey, Architecture Critic, The Guardian
Jacques Herzog, Herzog & de Meuron, presents Olympic Stadium, Beijing
8 April 2008Chaired by Rowan Moore, The Architecture Foundation
Real Architecture
Spring 2008Spring's showcase of the most important buildings being created across the world today.
Recordings of all events are available online.
Urban Splash and Friends present New Islington, Manchester
1 April 2008Chaired by Piers Gough, CZWG
New New Town: Symposium
21 February 2008Full day symposium.
Architects, planners and artists draw upon the core aspects of new town
development, based upon research and experience gathered from seminal
new town planning. The panel combines intuitive analysis with
pioneering comparative research conducted on new towns worldwide.
New New Town: What the past can teach the future
20-21 February 2008A public talk and symposium to discuss the past and reflect upon the future of planning.
Work Architecture Company
13 February 2008Dan Wood and Amale Andraos present Work AC. Chaired by Tom Coward.
Architecture in Formation
6 February 2008Matthew Bremer presents the work of Architecture in Formation. Chaired by Stephen Witherford.
G TECTS LCC / Gordon Kipping Architects
30 January 2008Gordon Kipping presents the work of his practice. Chaired by Tom Emerson.
Gage Clemenceau
23 January 2008Mark Foster Gage presents the work of Gage / Clemenceau. Chaired by Kevin Carmody.
Winter Nights: New York
The Architecture Foundation hosted four public talks by four emerging New York architects as part of an international exchange programme.
Real Architecture: Märkli Architekt
Visitor Centre Novartis Campus Werk St. Johann, Basel22 November 2007
Chaired by Adam Caruso, Caruso St John
Real Architecture: Adjaye/Associates
Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver13 November 2007
Chaired by Andrea Phillips, Director, Curating Architecture and Assistant Director of Curating, Department of Visual Arts, Goldsmiths
A Yard Party
25 October 2007A final, celebratory event at The Architecture Foundation's temporary Yard Gallery.
Real Architecture: Neutelings Riedijk Architechten
The Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision, Hilversum17 October 2007
Chaired by Alex de Rijke, de Rijke Marsh Morgan
Real Architecture
Autumn 2007The Architecture Foundation's showcase of the most important buildings in the world in Autumn 2007
New Practices: London
23 August to 27 OctoberAn exhibition at the AIA Center for Architecture, New York to launch The Architecture Foundation's international exchange programme for emerging architects in London and New York
Summer Nights: Geoffrey Darke
in conversation with Alex Ely and Michael Howe8 August 2007
Summer Nights: Isi Metzstein
in conversation with Charlie Sutherland and Charlie Hussey1 August 2007
Summer Nights 2007: AF Gold
This series compares the housing boom of today with the residential projects of the 1960s through a series of chaired conversations.
Curated by Ellis Woodman.
D&AD Global Student Award
A student competition to design an installation for the AF's proposed new building.A student design brief set by The Architecture Foundation
Debate London: Can London be Both Big and Beautiful?
25 June 2007Janet Street-Porter, Richard Rogers, Michael Snyder, Shumon Basar, Tristram Hunt, Sarah Gaventa, Sean Griffiths, Piers Gough and Ricky Burdett
Debate London: Generation London
25 June 2007Sally Tallant, Zoe Williams, Marina Benjamin, The Brit Performing Arts and Technology School, Capital City Academy, Highbury Grove School and Villiers High School
Debate London: How Can a Boomtown be Green?
24 June 2007Justin Rowlatt, Alex James, James Woudhuysen, Sian Berry, Alejandro Gutierrez, Sunand Prasad, Andy Neather and Peter Bishop
Debate London: The 2012 Wish List: What Do You Want for London?
23 June 2007Paul Finch, Rem Koolhaas, Zaha Hadid, Camilla Batmanghelidjh, Fritz Haeg, Helen Marriage, Tom Coward, Celine Condorelli, Shaun Bailey and John Bird
Debate London: Is London a United City?
22 June 2007Hardeep Singh Kohli, Boris Johnson, Neal Lawson, Lynsey Hanley, Ivan Massow, Tony Travers, Emma Peters, Nigel Coates, Oliver Marc Hartwich, Saskia Sassen, Alex De Rijke and Danny Sriskandarajah
Don't Panic
1 June - 13 July 2007An exhibition curated by Gerrard O'Carroll that presented alternate visions for now and the near future that concentrate on the fragility of human behaviour.
Neutral: Moving Space
An exhibition by pioneering filmmakers Neutral featuring new spatial installations exploring moving imagery and non-real space.
Real Architecture: Lacaton Vassal
Management Sciences University, Bordeaux29 May 2007
Chaired by Vicky Richardson
Real Architecture: Grimshaw Architects
Southern Cross Station, Melbourne2 May 2007
Chaired by Tom Dyckhoff
Next Generation Architects: City Fringe Studio
24 April - 5 MayA forum to explore the design potential on the City-East End boundary.
Real Architecture
Spring 2007Spring's showcase of the most important buildings being created across the world today: Diller Scofidio + Renfro's Institute of Contemporary Art, Grimshaw Architects Southern Cross Station, Foster & Partners' Wembley Stadium and Lacaton Vassal's Management Sciences University.
Real Architecture: Diller Scofidio + Renfro
Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston19 April 2007
Chaired by Andrea Phillips
Blueprint for London
20 March - 5 April 2007An exhibition of new visions for London by Tomas Klassnik, Witherford Watson Mann, Marks Barfield, AOC and Newbetter.
How Places Work
Behind the scenes tours for some of London's school children of some of the city's most exciting buildings.
The Creative Prison
19 January - 16 February 2007New ideas for prison design developed in collaboration with prison staff and inmates.
Winter Nights 2007
m2r-architecture, Universal Design Studio, Gianni Botsford Architects, Carmody GroarkeThe Architecture Foundation's Winter Nights presented a selection of the UK's leading young architectural practices. In its fourth year and an established fixture on the architectural calendar, the series continued to provide a platform for smaller, independent practices to inspire and provoke in an intimate and sociable environment.
Real Architecture: Wilkinson Eyre presents New Town West Tower, China
13 December 2006Presented by Chris Wilkinson
Real Architecture: MVRDV presents Parkrand Building, The Netherlands
7 December 2006Presented by Jacob van Rijs, co-founder of MVRDV
Real Architecture: Arup presents Dongtan Eco-City, China
29 November 2006Presented by Alejandro Gutierrez
Jamie Fobert Architects: Brass Eye
24 November - 8 December 2006Brass Eye was an exhibition at The Architecture Foundation’s Yard Gallery that celebrated a decade of Jamie Fobert’s work.
Real Architecture Autumn 2006
Autumn 2006One project, one interview and a large audience: Real Architecture sees leading international architects present some of the most significant projects being built today.
Real Architecture: Hawkins / Brown & Studio Egret West presents Park Hill, Sheffield, UK
22 November 2006Presented by Roger Hawkins and Christophe Egret
Perspectives of London
6 - 21 October 2006New films by Naomi Cleaver, Tom Dixon, Jefferson Hack and Nigel Coates.
Venice SuperBlog
6 September - 19 November 2006The Architecture Foundation, in collaboration with The Museum of Modern Art's Department of Architecture and Design hosted the Venice SuperBlog from the Venice Biennale's 10th International Architecture Exhibition.
Best in Show
18 August - 2 September
An exhibition showcasing a selection of graduating students from London’s Architecture schools.
Units Moved
28 July - 12 August 2006
Group exhibition by Rich Holland, Iain Borden and Wig Worland, exploring the re-appropriation of urban spaces.
Glory Hole
7 - 22 July 2006An exhibition of photography, video and text exploring the place of sexuality in public space, curated by Pablo Internacional Magazine.
Changing London Schools
17 June - 25 July 2006An exhibition of the best new school design in London.
Proclamations for a Beautiful City
16 - 27 June 2006
A graphic installation by Alain de Botton and A Practice for Everyday Life.
Renegade City
1 June - 2 September 2006Renegade City was a season of short exhibitions and events at The Architecture Foundation’s Yard Gallery by invited curators and artists that explored alternative urban experiences. Away from the glare of mainstream culture, cities offer space and freedom to experiment, deviate and create. Renegade City celebrated the diversity that can exist, often oblivious to the masses, within the contemporary city.
Pankof Bank Architects
1 - 10 June 2006
Live installation documenting human interaction in an increasingly controlled city.
Lift New Parliament
The Architecture Foundation and Lift, London International Festival of Theatre, launched an open international competition to design the Lift New Parliament, a transportable meeting and performance space, which will opened in June 2008.
Rem Koolhaas presents Delirious New York: A Retroactive Manifesto for Manhattan
5 May 2006Supercrit #5
Blooming St Luke’s
1 - 8 February 2006New design proposals for St Lukes by Peter Saville, Gary Hume and Georgie Hopton.
Winter Nights 2006
Softroom, DRDH, Amin Taha and Block ArchitectureThe Architecture Foundation's Winter Nights presented a selection of the UK's leading young architectural practices. In its fourth year and an established fixture on the architectural calendar, the series continued to provide a platform for smaller, independent practices to inspire and provoke in an intimate and sociable environment.
Supercrits
OngoingWorld-leading architects reflect on seminal projects or publications that have had a global impact on architectural thinking.
Architecture on Film
OngoingA bi-monthly series of film screenings that take a lateral look at architecture and the city, as represented and discussed across documentary, video art and the movies.
Design Competitions
The Architecture Foundation initiates and co-ordinates design competitions to ensure that high quality contemporary architecture finds its place in everyday life.
In February, dallaspierce+quintero was announced as the winner of the Amelia Street public realm design competition.
Architecture + Art : Crossover and Collaboration
11 June - 2 November 2009A series of trans-disciplinary investigations into how collaborative and artistic approaches can change the practice and products of architecture.
London_Rome: Work in Process
The AF is conducting a series of international programmes to identify, exchange and promote the best emerging architects from the UK and countries around the world. The current programme focuses on practices working in London and Rome.
The programme is curated by Marina Engel and Gabriele Mastrigli and organised in collaboration with the the Fondazione MAXXI and the Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Cultural in Rome.
Awards
The Architecture Foundation co-ordinates and partners on a range of international awards for architects that promote quality and new thinking in contemporary architecture and urbanism.
Radical Nature: Contemporary Visions
23 July - 8 October 2009A series of four conversations exploring architectural responses to living in and with a future world.
London_Rome
February 2010A series of conversations between practices from London and Rome, as part of the AF's International Exchange programme.
London_Istanbul
The ArchitectsThe practices from London include David Kohn Architects, Studio Weave and 00:/.
The practices from Istanbul include Asli K. Ingin, ddrlp and Tuspa NK.
City as Playground
Shenzhen & Hong Kong Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture (European Preview)Wednesday 28 October, 6.30pm
City as Playground
Itinerant Architecture
Shenzhen & Hong Kong Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture (European Preview)Thursday 29 October, 6.30pm
And Now What? A Prompt for Further Action
Related ProjectsThe AF invites students, recent graduates, academics, practices and cultural organisations to propose future programmes and collaborations.
1:1 - Architects Build Small Spaces
22, 25, 29 June, 16 JulyThe Architecture Foundation has curated four evenings of public programme in collaboration with the Victoria and Albert Museum, in association with the V&A exhibition, 1:1 - Architects Build Small Spaces.
A New Landmark for Aldgate: Shortlist
The shortlist has been announced for a competition to design a new landmark for Aldgate.
Stratford Kiosks Competition Brief and Appendix documents
Download the Stratford Kiosks Brief and appendix documents here.
